Biology:Callicore pygas

Godart's numberwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Callicore
Species:	C. pygas
Binomial name
Callicore pygas (Godart, [1824])
Synonyms
Nymphalis pygas Godart, [1824] Catagramma pygas ophis Fruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma pygas paragrias Fruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma splendens Oberthür, 1916 Catagramma splendens coerulea Talbot, 1928 Catagramma pygas typhla Röber, 1915 Catagramma cyllene aurantiaca Oberthür, 1916 Catagramma pygas agrianes Fruhstorfer, 1916 Catagramma philomena Oberthür, 1916 Catagramma cyllene madeirensis Dillon, 1948

Callicore pygas, the Godart's numberwing or pygas eighty-eight, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and the upper Amazonian region of Brazil .

The wingspan is about 45 mm. The subspecies differ from each other with regard to the underside markings. In subspecies pygas, the white band and the metallic blue scaling on the hindwing are both replaced by pale sandy yellow. Subspecies eucale is similar to cyllene, except for the submarginal band, which is metallic blue instead of white.

Subspecies

• C. p. pygas (Brazil (Bahia))
• C. p. thamyras (Ménétriés, 1857) (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Paraguay, Argentina)
• C. p. aphidna (Hewitson, 1869) (Venezuela)
• C. p. cyllene (Doubleday, [1847]) (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru)
• C. p. eucale (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul))
• C. p. concolor (Talbot, 1928) (Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay)
• C. p. rondoni (Ribeiro, 1931) (Brazil (Rondônia))
• C. p. lalannensis Brévignon, 1995 (French Guiana)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2934160 entry